Adding Words to Tutor Dictionaries

Adding new words to Tutor dictionaries means creating cards for
these words in the dictionary window. To switch to the dictionary
window, click the Open Dictionary... button in the
exercise window.

A Tutor dictionary card contains a word to be learnt, its
translations, transcription and usage examples.

To create a card, you can use:

the Create Card command on
the Actions menu

To create a card in ABBYY Lingvo Tutor:

Select the Create Card... command on the Actions
menu or click on
the toolbar.

In the Dictionary Card dialog box that opens, fill in
the required fields and click Save.

Note:

You can use the Translate with ABBYY Lingvo command to
add translations to the card. This method will only work if there
is a card in ABBYY Lingvo for the word in question. You can type
several translations, separating them by commas.

Once you have added a translation, the status of the card
changes to To learn. You can change the status if
required.

a similar card from ABBYY
Lingvo

You can add words and phrases to a Tutor
dictionary from ABBYY Lingvo. In ABBYY Lingvo, open the card of the
word or phrase you wish to add. You can open ABBYY Lingvo cards
directly from ABBYY Lingvo Tutor, without launching ABBYY Lingvo.
Do one of the following:

Type the word or phrase you wish to add in the entry field and
select the Translate with ABBYY Lingvo... command on the
Tools menu.

Click (Add to
Tutor Dictionary) on the card toolbar. The headword from the Lingvo
card will be copied to the Word field of the Tutor dictionary card.
The fields Translation, Transcription,
Example, and Part of Speech will be filled in
automatically: the Lingvo will copy the first translation,
transcription, etc. from its card into the Tutor card.

Select the Add to Tutor Dictionary... command on the
shortcut menu of the card. This will place the headword of the
ABBYY Lingvo card into the Word field and the selected word
into the Translation field (if no words are selected, Lingvo will
copy the word on which you placed the mouse pointer).

Note:
If the ABBYY Lingvo card has the Sound facility, the sound will be
automatically added to the Tutor card.

Only the Word field will be completed in the cards of the
newly added words. Once you have entered their translations in the
Translation field, the cards will be available for
exercises.

the History facility of
ABBYY Lingvo

You can add words from ABBYY Lingvo History:

Select the Add Cards from Lingvo History command on the
Tools menu or click the "..." button on the toolbar in the
dictionary window.

In the Add Cards from Lingvo History dialog box, select
the words and phrases you wish to add and click Add
>>. The added words will be displayed in the word list
window.

Click the Add to Dictionary button.

Only the Word field will be completed in the cards of the
newly added words. Once you have entered their translations in the
Translation field, the cards will be available for
exercises.